It’s the buckle up baby all grown up. 😂

New GIF 👉

Clearly, whoever designed today’s NYT spelling bee game has never heard Springsteen’s song “Spirit In The Night”.

Chronologically accurate given that Pittsburgh hosts one of the largest Furry conventions in the country over the July 4th holiday every year.

Middle-aged woman with gray hair wearing a red top smiles while standing beside a decorated Christmas tree with lights and ornaments in a warmly lit room.

Middle-aged woman with gray hair smiles while talking on a phone inside a brightly lit casino, with slot machines visible in the background and a responsible gambling message displayed on screen.

DEC: Daughter tells her Mom she’s moving back home to Ohio. youtu.be/CUbXCEJQamE?...

FEB: Mom moves to Pittsburgh and parties all weekend at Rivers Casino.
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A similar screenshot of the NYT Connections board, but four specific tiles have been selected. The selected tiles are highlighted with a dark charcoal background and white text: BRUCE, AMERICAN FLAG, JEANS, and BUTT. One of the "Mistakes Remaining" dots is now grayed out, indicating three attempts left. This selection appears to reference the visual elements of the album cover shown in the third image.

The iconic cover art for Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A. The image is a close-up, back-view shot of a man (Springsteen) wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. A red baseball cap is tucked into his back right pocket, positioned over his butt. He stands in front of the red and white horizontal stripes of an American flag. The text at the top reads "BORN IN THE U.S.A. / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN" in a blue serif font.

A digital screenshot of a word-association puzzle game titled "Create four groups of four!" The screen displays a 4x4 grid of light-colored rectangular tiles, each containing a word or phrase in bold, black capital letters. • Row 1: BRUCE, AMERICAN FLAG, BUMP, SPIKE • Row 2: JEANS, BUTT, BALD EAGLE, RAM • Row 3: BASEBALL, ANG, OCEAN, APPLE PIE • Row 4: CHRISTOPHER, LAPIS LAZULI, KNOCK, SKY At the bottom, it shows "Mistakes Remaining:" followed by four dark circles. There are three rounded buttons: "Shuffle," "Deselect All," and "Submit."

#Springsteen fans: the obvious connection on today’s @nytimes connections board is apparently NOT an answer despite being an obvious connection.

For those who don’t use Spotify:

Springsteen - Statement Songs

In reaction to Bruce Springsteen’s release of “Streets of Minneapolis” today, someone suggested he make a whole album.

Here’s a 26 song, 2 hours long double album:

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Is there a link to that discussion? I’d love to see what he said about it. I always assumed he would do another solo acoustic tour which could be a blend of his Broadway show and his Tom Joad/Devils & Dust shows. If he did them in 3,000 seat theatres, it would be perfect.

Hi Paul! You’ve been on the list for awhile. Always enjoyed your posts. I like your prediction of a Seeger Sessions type tour! I know the record and tour did better in Europe than in the US. I hope that means he’ll play smaller venues in the US than the outdoor amphitheaters he did on that tour

Since everyone seems to be posting 2016 pix. Here’s one from the opening night of his tour. Today is the 10th anniversary. #springsteen

He knows the facility. They wouldn’t have to pay for relocation expenses.

Photo of Pitt football head coach pat narduzzi wearing a Steelers visor.

Hear me out on this….
#steelers

Merry Christmas to you!

Image announcing Sidney Crosby as the all time leading points scorer in Pittsburgh Penguins franchise history passing Mario Lemieux.

To see someone pass Mario as the all time #Penguins leading scorer was unthinkable. And he couldn’t be passed by a better player & human.

This guy ticks me off.

As a Buckeyes fan, I hope you’re right!

Hartline.

Photo of Brutus Buckeye crossing out the Michigan M in the end zone and stamping out OHIO in the snow on the field at Michigan Stadium.

Brutus is ruthless! 💪🌰
#O-H
#gobucks

I said they shouldn’t play him to my brother before the game started. We could have lost this game 110-10 and it wouldn’t have mattered. 😉

He’s still on the sideline and looked like he was walking ok

Favorite line from “Deliver Me From Nowhere” movie:

Record exec: “what, is he working on releasing his outtakes?”

Jon Landau (sarcastically): “yeah, like that would ever happen.”

#springsteen

Showtime!
#springsteen

Go Blue Jays! 🇨🇦

Image of a social media post indicating that the director of the Springsteen biopic proposed filming it in Pittsburgh and Bruce said “no”.

Say it ain’t so Bruce! I mean, a scene or two in #pittsburgh would have sufficed. #clahdyahtinpittsburgh

When you like seeing your team win, but also want them to get a top 5 draft pick:
#pittsburgh #penguins

Wreck on the Highway?

I assumed it would be the same protocol as the NFL where the home team can make their choice.